CVE-2023-6603

A flaw was found in FFmpeg's HLS playlist parsing. This vulnerability allows a denial of service via a maliciously crafted HLS playlist that triggers a null pointer dereference during initialization.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334335	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334335	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Aug 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-99~~

20 Jun 2025, 18:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334335 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334335 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::
First Time		Ffmpeg Ffmpeg ffmpeg
Summary		(es) Se encontró una falla en FFmpeg's HLS playlist parsing. Esta vulnerabilidad permite una denegación de servicio a través de una lista de reproducción HLS manipulada con fines malintencionados que desencadena una desreferencia de puntero nulo durante la inicialización.
CWE		CWE-476

31 Dec 2024, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-12-31 15:15

Updated : 2025-08-21 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-6603

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6603

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6603

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ffmpeg

ffmpeg

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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